Packaged confection



June 18, 1935. R. sTovER PACKAGED CONFECTION Filed May 28, 1954 INVENTOR Pussc 520 yer ATT ORN ZY m ma June 18,1935 2 005 145 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PACKAGED CONFECTION Russell Stover, Kansas City, Mo. Application May 28, 1934, Serial No. 727,909

3 Claims. (Cl. 206-56) My invention relates to packaged confections, freezing point to insure that it will not freeze. In and more particularly to a special packaged ice preparing the topping I heat sugar and water to cream sundae adapted to be taken to the home 212 F. Due to the fact that sugar is dissolved and the assembly ejected to form an ice cream in the water the boiling point of the water is 5 sundae. raised so that it will not boil at 212". I then add 5 At present ice cream can be bought in bulk a quantity of tartaric acid while holding the temor in packages for use in the home. This ice Derature of the mixture at 212 F. for thirty mincream is plain ice cream. Most people prefer to utes. The action of the tartaric acid on the cat ice cream with some sort of fruit dressing, sugar is to convert the sucrose to levulose or dextopping or flavoring. The sale of plain ice cream trose, which are inverts. I then make a pH test 1 for use in the home has been more or less limited for acid and then neutralize the acid with bicardue to this preference. bonate of soda. The sugar inverts are then used One object of my invention is to provide a speto make the syrup of any density, to which fruit, cial assembly in package form adapted to form such as raspberry, strawberry, pineapple and the i cream sundaes in the home. like, or any other suitable flavor, may be added. 15

Another object of my invention is to provide a The Sugar v r prevent r nula nd sumnovel package confection. cient sugar inverts are added to lower the freez- Other and further objects of my invention ing point-of the topping. will appear from the following description. Upon the topping I place a quantity of ice In the accompanying drawing, which forms cream 5which may be of any desired flavor. The 20 part of the instant specification, and which is to cover 3 is then secured and the package is ready be read in conjunction therewith, and in which for sale. The packages are stored in a cold cabilike reference numerals are used to indicate like net, each package being of suflicient size to make parts in the various views: one ice cream sundae such as obtained at soda Fig. 1 is a sectional view of an assembly emfountains and the like. 25 bodying one mode of carrying out my invention. It is believed that the operation and use of Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the sundae my package will be clear from the foregoing deformed by means of my invention. scription. It will be observed that I have ac- In general, my invention contemplates the use complished the objects of my invention. I have of acarton or receptacle having a removable top provided a novel assembly which will enable 30 and a movable bottom. In the bottom of this ice cream sundaes to be servedin the home, either receptacle I place a confectionery topping, such as dessert, at parties or the like. If desired, as raspberry, strawberry, pineapple and the like. ice cream sodas may be made with my invention.

Upon this topping I place the ice cream after The contents of the package may be j c ed to which the cover is applied. The package is thus a glass and carbonated water added to make an formed and stored in the usual cold cabinet from ice cream soda.

which it is dispensed. Having thus described my invention, what I The package is taken to a home in which it claim is:

is desired to serve a sundae. The cover is re- 1. A package comprising a receptacle, a minor moved, the package inverted and the movable quantity of confectionery topping in the bottom bottom pressed. This ejects the ice cream and of said receptacle and a major quantity of frozen the topping being released will flow over the ice comest b e sup p p Said pp a d cream forming an ice cream sundae. topping having such a. low freezing point that More particularly, referring now to the drawit will remain fiowable during normal temperaing, the receptacle I may be made out of any tures of storage and dispensing of the package.

suitable material as for example water-proofed 2. A package co p ng a receptacle, a minor paper, cardboard or the like. The receptacle has quantity of a non-frozen confectionery topping a movable bottom 2 and a removable closure 3 in the bottom of said receptacle and a major Adjacent the bottom is a quantity of a confecquantity of frozen comestible superposed upon tionery topping 4. said topping, said topping having a low freez- The topping must be such that it will not freeze ing point such that it will remain fiowable durwithin the cold cabinet. If the topping freezes ing the low temperatures of storage and dispensit will not flow over the ice cream to form the ing of the package.

sundae. Accordingly, I dissolve a sufficient 3. A package having a removable closure and amount of sugar in the topping to lower its removable bottom, comprising in combination a 55 non-frozen confectionery topping in the bottom or the package and a frozen comestible superposed on said non-frozen confection, said topping'having such a low freezing point that it will 5 remain flowable during normal temperatures 0! storage and dispensing of the package, the construction being such that upon the removal of the closure the package is adapted to be inverted and the bottom moved to eject the assembly, whereby the non-frozen confection is adapted to spread over the frozen comestibie, forming a sundae or the like.

RUSSELL BTOVER. 

